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marywahlmeierbracciano's review
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved listening to Sheila Heti read this book. I don’t think I would have liked it as much had I read it on the page. Heti is certainly not for everyone, but if you like unconventionality in your books, give her work a try. Motherhood is an autofictional rumination on the question of whether or not to have a child, and the book is largely guided by the actual flipping of three coins, inspired by the I Ching. The three-coin method adds a reverent, mystical quality to the book, which itself reads like a conversational train of thought or a diary. Heti also delves into family history and inheritance, in this case Jewish Hungarian. There’s so much to ponder here.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual violence and Abortion
clevermor's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
If you have mommy issues, you'll either love or hate this book.
(And if you see yourself in the narrator's relationship with Myles, please break up with them im begging you.)
(And if you see yourself in the narrator's relationship with Myles, please break up with them im begging you.)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Homophobia
The narrator is pretty homophobic and has a fundamental misunderstanding of what gay and lesbian relationships are like. She is also pretty consumed by internalized misogyny and her toxic relationshipmkbuehen's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
She just whines the entire book. Like yeah, if child-bearing and child-rearing isn't a decision you're already set on, it is an important decision to figure out, but she barely talks about any of the actual ethical worries and just whines and talks about having spells of poor mental health and having sex with her husband (which is often written in a gross way). Not to mention the annoying cooty-catcher fortune-telling gimmick she says she follows throughout a majority of the book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
leefox's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Death of parent
arsenic_'s review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Racism
vanesst's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Abortion
avadore's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I've had this book recommended to me by so many people! And it is good, in parts. It's also a huge slog. I think the parts I found most challenging were the assumptions made about pregnant people by the author, and the stifling heterosexuality of it all. I would still recommend it to other people as a study of how all consuming questions about parenthood can be, with the grain of salt that this presentation lacks something if you're not a cis straight white lady.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Genocide
12dejamoo's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Reading books because someone recommended them to Rosalie Hale...
I don't think 22 year olds who probably don't want children and certaintly not now are the intended audience for this book. Maybe it would really stress me out if I was older. I recognised the Good Book-ness of this but I didn't actually enjoy my reading experience very much. It was a very quick read though - lots of white space
I don't think 22 year olds who probably don't want children and certaintly not now are the intended audience for this book. Maybe it would really stress me out if I was older. I recognised the Good Book-ness of this but I didn't actually enjoy my reading experience very much. It was a very quick read though - lots of white space
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, and Antisemitism
Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Abortion
Discusses the Holocaust and Concentration Camps a couple of times in relation to the author's grandmotheraweightytome's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I feel eh, about this book. Did I take away anything from this book? No. Was the writing enough to keep me reading? Sometimes.
Content Warnings
Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Abortion
scarecrowskeith's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content